SMITHERS A J <br/><br/>
Rude mechanicals:  an account of tank maturity during the Second World War 

 - London:  Leo Cooper,  1987 
 - 216p. 
<br/><br/> In this sequel to ""An New Excalibur"", which examined the development of the tank during World War I and after, Smithers examines the role played by tanks in World War II. At the beginning of the war only the Germans and the Russians had realized the full power of the tank. The British and the Americans were forced to try to catch up. One difficulty was fundamentally a matter of finding the right tool for the right job. In the last year of the war, the Germans relied on the immense King Tigers, which lacked speed and manoeuvrability; while the Allies were confined to Shermans, Cromwells and C. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0850527228 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>TANK WARFARE--HISTORY.<br/>TANKS (MILITARY SCIENCE)--HISTORY.<br/>WORLD WAR, 1939-1945--TANK WARFARE.<br/>ARMORED VEHICLES, MILITARY--HISTORY.<br/>GREAT BRITAIN. ARMY--EQUIPMENT.